Description: Gary Giddins, winner of the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, has a following that includes not only jazz enthusiasts but also pop music fans of every stripe. Writing here in a lyrical and celebratory style all his own, Giddins dazzlingly shows us among many other things how performers originally perceived as radical (Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Elvis Presley) became conservative institutions . . . how Charlie Parker created a masterpiece from the strain of an inane ditty . . . how the Dominoes helped combine church ritual with pop music . . . and how Irving Berlin translated a chiaroscuro of Lower East Side minorities into imperishable songs.
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Brand: Unbranded
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Book Title: Riding on a Blue Note : Jazz and American Pop
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication Year: 2000
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: Gary Giddins
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
